Thoughts & Truths
Articles that seek to uncloud our hearts and minds. How? By gathering experiences and expertise about issues that impact women across a range of subjects.
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Presbyopia in focus: Why our close-up vision gets blurry after 40.
After we hit 40 our close-up vision can start getting blurry. This is a common phenomenon called presbyopia. Mr Benedict Vella Briffa, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon, takes the time to explain what’s going on with our eyes,
Let AI take the mental load: Smarter solutions for daily juggling
From meals and chores to budgets and children’s activities, AI technology can help streamline tasks that often feel overwhelming. Professor Alexiei Dingli shares ideas on how ChatGPT can act as a mini personal assistant, providing advice and structure around the endless, mentally-taxing to-dos that family life brings.
The menopause mystery. This scientist is advocating for more women’s health research.
Canada-based scientist Liisa Galea has made it her mission to advocate for the need for more research into women’s health. Such research can help uncloud the menopause mystery, amongst other things.
Saving Her-Story. These women are setting up Malta’s first women’s archive.
Pro-Rector at the University of Malta Carmen Sammut, together with Equity Coordinator Nadia Abdilla are in the process of setting up Malta’s very first women’s archive to preserve women’s history that is “being lost at a fast pace”.
A heartfelt story. Meet the woman reading to the elderly and vulnerable.
Stories have connected generations of people through the shared truths built into them. Fabienne Buhagiar is harnessing the powerful tool of storytelling and putting it to good use to help others. She talks about why she set up Heartfelt Stories to provide companionship reading.
Exploring new paths. What living abroad for a year taught me.
In July 2023 Rozanne Meilak Borg, a lawyer by profession, packed her life and her family and moved to the UK for a year. Now that she is back in Malta, she shares some thoughts about the enriching experience and reveals how this made her rethink the meaning of ‘home’… and rekindled her passion for words and writing.
The pension penalty. What women must know about their work-life choices.
When women become mothers and opt to reduce their working hours or take on certain family-friendly measures – they are (sometimes) unknowingly placing themselves at a financial disadvantage: they will not be entitled to a full retirement pension in future... And nobody is telling them.
How she does it: Coryse Borg
Actress and writer Coryse Borg recently took the leap and went freelance. This opened a door – which she walked straight through - into the world of radio. The first topic she picked?... Forgotten women. She talks about what inspired her to learn about history’s hidden heroines and her urge to share what she learned.
‘I don’t need a husband’. The truth about single women in Malta.
Society recognises different forms of intimate relationships, families and living arrangements. But single women still face a level of stigma - even though there are over 40,000 single women in Malta. In her research, Ramona Cuschieri uncovered the realities that these women live.
The Ladies Room: The loud, smelly truth about women’s toilets
Using the toilet is a natural thing we all have to do. But there are parts of it that still feel embarrassing, especially when it comes to using public toilets. From trying to muffle the tinkling sound and devising ways to cover 'the smell', to needing a place to hand a bag - here's the truth about women's toilets.